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In affidavit in SC, Centre defends exclusion of Dalit Christians, Dalit Muslims from scheduled castes' listThe ministry also refused to agree with the report of the Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission that recommended inclusion of Dalit Christian...10 Nov, 2022, 12.42 PM IST- Centre sets up panel on SC status for Dalit convertsFormer Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan-headed panel will have IAS (retd) Ravinder Kumar Jain and UGC member Sushma Yadav as its memb...08 Oct, 2022, 12.09 AM IST
- Centre likely to set up a panel on Dalit convertsMove to be of specific value to those who adopted Christianity, Islam; focus on socio-economic status.10 May, 2022, 11.44 PM IST
- Centre mulls panel to explore Scheduled Caste benefits for Muslim, Christian dalitsWhile Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits enjoy SC status, those from Christian or Muslim communities do not, as per presidential order issued ...25 Jan, 2022, 06.57 AM IST
- Making sense of Congress' choice of Charanjit Singh Channi as Punjab CMPunjab's dalits saw an assertive, new leadership in the form of Bhim Army's Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan. This fuelled the 'leaderless' third ...23 Sep, 2021, 11.18 AM IST
- View: Even Ambedkar might have faced jail under new UP lawToday, Ambedkar might have landed in jail for his actions. The Uttar Pradesh government’s recent ordinance on conversion states: ‘For mass ...20 Dec, 2020, 11.22 AM IST
- Buddhist, Ambedkarite bodies say UP law that penalises mass conversions is a move to quell Dalit resistanceUP's Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020, promulgated last week penalises mass conversions - defined by the ordina...03 Dec, 2020, 09.47 PM IST
- Will convert to Buddhism if BJP mindset doesn't change: MayawatiThe BSP chief said that she too is giving an opportunity to the Shankaracharyas, religious leaders and people associated with the BJP to ch...24 Oct, 2017, 05.20 PM IST
- Brahmins threaten to convert to Islam if missing girl not foundWhile the family is alleging that the girl was kidnapped by a Dalit youth on September 8, the police have registered a case of missing pers...15 Sep, 2015, 03.27 PM IST
- Government firm on opposing dalit tag for convertsThe government says mere social "backwardness" cannot put converts at par with dalits whose backwardness arises from the traditional practi...30 Mar, 2015, 10.08 AM IST
- Bihar: BJP demands more stringent anti-conversion lawSushil Kumar Modi slammed people who were defending conversion by some dalit families by saying that they were exercising their fundamental...29 Dec, 2014, 09.21 PM IST
- Kerala BJP seeks discontinuation of Ranganath report on Dalits"Ranganatha Mishra Commission report should discontinue. That view (of BJP) is well known. I hope on this occasion, Prime Minister may make...07 Sep, 2014, 11.55 AM IST
- Najma is right. We are Hindus onlyIt is as simple and plain a truism as someone saying that all politicians are opportunists. So what if she has found her Hinduness only aft...29 Aug, 2014, 05.57 PM IST
- ‘SC can’t decide on quota for minorities’The SC on Tuesday said it will examine the constitutional validity of the Ranganath Misra Commission recommendation for inclusion of dalit ...05 Jan, 2011, 05.43 AM IST
- Ranganath recommends 15% quota for ‘Dalit minorities’THE Ranganath Commission has recommended Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Hindu converts to Christianity and Islam. It has also suggested a ...19 Dec, 2009, 04.06 AM IST
- BJP forum opposes quota for Dalit convertsAs the fight over a piece of the reservation pie intensifies, the BJP-supported Anusuchit Jati Arakshan Adhikar Bachao Manch has demanded t...23 Sep, 2008, 04.31 AM IST
- Maya's quota call finds takers in CongIn a move that might push the Congress into another tricky corner on the question of reservations, sections of the party have backed a BSP ...02 Feb, 2008, 02.27 AM IST
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